Combined picture and frame



(No Model.)

H. C. BUSCH.

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UNITED STATES PATENT HENRY C. BUSCH, OF CHELSEA, MASSACHUSETTS.

COMBINED PICTURE AND FRAME.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 59'?,953, dated January 25, 1898.

.Application led November l2, 1896. Serial No. 611,881. (No model.)

To all whom 'it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HENRY C. BUSCH', a citizen of the United States of America, and a resident of the city of Chelsea, in the county ot Suiiolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented a certain neur and useful Improved Combined Picture and Frame, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to a combined picture, frame, and back, each made severally or independently, by preference, of card, leather, or other like board and secured to each other, as hereinafter described.

It is the purpose of the invention to combine with a picture representation on card or other board a backing-piece made of cardboard or like material, one of the said parts having its outer edges folded and by such folded portions secured to the opposite part and to provide a separate cardboard or like frame for the picture, said frame having its opposite side edges folded and by such folded portions secured to the picture and back, either or both, as may be desired,

It is a further purpose of the invention to attach the picture and back together in such manner as to provide an intermediate chamber or space between them, said picture and back being braced by intermediate stiftening pieces secured to the said parts, all as hereinafter described, and pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings forming part of this speci` cation, Figure l is a face vieW of a combined picture and frame of this invention. Fig. 2 is an edge view. Fig. 3 is a section, line 3 3, Fig. l. Figs. 4- and 5 are similar sections to Fig. 3, showing modifications, as will hereinafter appear. Y

In the drawings, A is the picture-board, E is the frame, and C is the backboard, severally made, by preference, of card, paste, leather, or other like board. The picture may be in representation as desired and either in oil, Water, or other colors, oran engraving, photograph, or otherwise, as may be thought best. The frame B by preference is of card,

paste, leather, or other like board and may be of any desired or preferred form, Haring, as in Figs. 1, 2, 3, and 5, or with a molding, as at B' in Fig. 4, or embossed or otherwise ornamented, as may be desired, and gilded or otherwise colored, as may be thought best and most pleasing and appropriate. The inner and outer edges t and b2 of the frame B are folded under or inward, and by such portions the frame, preferably with glue, paste, or other suitable adhesive material, is attached either to both the picture-board Aand backboard C, Figs. 2 and 3, or to only the pictureboard, Fig. 4, by the inward-folded portions h b3. The backboard C is made, ureferably, of card, paste, leather, or other like board, and, as shown in Figs. 3 and 5, it is combined with the pictureboard, so as to leave a space or chamber D between the two.

In the modified forni of frame shown in Fig. .t the backboard C at its several edges d is foldedupward and inward and by such folded portions is pasted or otherwise attached to the under side of the picture-board A. In this construction, like the one above referred to, a space or chamber D' is arranged between the picture and ba-ck. I prefer to place stiiiening-braces of card, leather, or other board in the space between the picture and backboard and attach the said braces in any suitable manner either to both picture and backboard or to only one of these parts. These braces may be of various forms, sizes, and dimensions, as illustrated in the drawings. In Figs. 3 and a the brace is indicated by the letterE, and, if desired, they may be arranged in pairs side by side or otherwise. In Fig. 5 two forms of braces are shown, one triangular and designated by the letter E and the other practically rectangular and indicated by the letter E".

A combined Y picture and frame such as herein ldescribed possesses many important and valuable featuresnas, for instance, it can be made most light, While at the same time most strong and durable, it is susceptible of variation in design to an unlimited extent, it is most economical, and secures a picture and frame which can be sold in the trade at a price not only remunerative to the producer but most satisfactory and reasonable to the purchaser.

Havingthus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. A combined picture and back composed IOO of separate sheets of card or other board, the outer edges of one of said parts being folded and attached to the opposite part, and a frame surrounding the picture, formed of a separate sheet of card or other board and having a continuous folded edge secured along its length to the picture.

2. A combined picture and back composed of separate sheets of card or other board, the outer edges of one of said parts being folded and by said folded portions attached to the opposite part, and a frame surrounding the picture formed of a separate sheet of card or other board and having its opposite side edges folded inward and by such folded portions secured to the picture and back respectively, substantially as described.

' 3. A combined picture and back composed of separate sheets of card or other board, the outer edges of one of said parts being folded and by said folded portions attached to the opposite part so as to provide a space between them, a frame surrounding the picture, formed of a separate sheet of card or other board and having a continuous folded edge secured along its length to the picture, and braces interposed between the picture and back. c

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

HENRY C. BUSCH.

Witnesses:

M. E. BROWN, F. M. BROWN. 

